2003

index architecture presents a decade of work and theory produced at columbia university’s school of architecture. the book is a fascinating documentation of the attempt to shift a school’s thinking and operation to foster new innovation and theory. the time period discussed charts the introduction of digital tools into the architecture practice and the innovative ways in which the computer was used at columbia. studios became breeding grounds for new ideas and technologies instead of places to rehearse existing modes of practice. includes contributions from stan allen, lise anne couture, evan douglis,jeffrey kipnis, sulan kolatan, greg lynn, william macdonald, hani rashid, jesse reiser, bernard tschumi, nanako umemoto, and mark wigley.

2003

nai publishers: together with a select group of international students from columbia university and the university of california, los angeles, highly respected architects and architectural theoreticians hani rashid and greg lynn transformed the united states pavilion during the venice biennale 2000 into a four-week workshop and forum for architectural discourse: a laboratory. investigating, producing, and reviewing a variety of architectural schemes, the participants demonstrated the practice and direction of a new generation of architects. “architectural laboratories” presents the results of this workshop through 10 projects that focus on the themes “the embryologic house” and “augmented architecture.” guest critiques of the students’ designs are offered by philosopher and cultural critic mark c. taylor, zkm chairman peter weibel, and max hollein, the united states commissioner for the biennale.